We traveled from Morgan City to Sabine Pass a total of 194
miles. The forecast was for 1 to 2 foot waves and we really thought we would
have an easy day traveling off shore; for those of you that don’t remember I do
not like the ICW and run off shore whenever I can. This decision turned out not
to be wise as the day unfolded. The day began with a run down the Atchafalaya
River Channel and once we cleared the last marker we set waypoint to Sabine Pass
which was about 140 miles away. Once in
the GOM the weather was actually 4-6 feet waves and rain with the occasional
8-10 feet. The end result was it beat us up bad for about 4 hours not pleasant
at all. We tied up at Sabine Pass Port Authority fuel dock about 3:30pm a very
small marina with little to no amenities. They did have fuel but you had to
swipe your credit card and could only get 43 gallons at a time. An hour later
and 10 “mini fill ups” we had enough fuel to get home and a little reserve. We
slid over to a tee dock and tied up about 5:15pm with no shore power available
we ran the generator all night to keep us cool and comfortable. Dinner was
grilled rib eye steaks off the back of the boat and a large side dish of Mack
and Cheese. After dinner I watched sunset number 53 off the back of the tempus.
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